A second generation from the same reference chain as the sref chains experiment. This one came out more grounded — the formations feel like they belong somewhere rather than existing in a void.
Same palette, different weight. The floating tension from variation 1 became something more geological here. Neither is better than the other. The experiment isn't about finding the "right" output — it's about understanding how the reference energy translates as the subject shifts.
The orange-black material DNA held across both. That was the hypothesis. What surprised was how much the compositional logic changed just from the way the style reference read the new subject matter.